STAR-STRUCK |star lord| [3]

CHAPTER 02

"I GUESS MOST OF NOVA CORPS wanna uphold the laws, but these ones here, they're corrupt and cruel. But, hey, that's not my problem. I ain't gonna be here long. I've escaped twenty-two prisons, this one's no different." Rocket bragged as they walked through the corridor in the Kyln "You're lucky the broad showed up, because otherwise, me, Groot, and Lana would be collecting that bounty right now, and you'd be getting drawn and quartered by Yondu and those Ravagers."

Taulana shivered. She remembered Yondu and the Ravagers. The Nova Prime, her mother, saved her and Groot from them many years back.

"I've had a lot of folks try to kill me over the years. I ain't about to be brought down by a tree and a talking raccoon and some girl." Peter, Star Lord, replied and Lana turned her head to glare at him,

"Some girl? Do you need reminding that another girl kicked your ass a few hours ago?"

"What's a raccoon?" Rocket asked,

"What's a raccoon? It's what you are, stupid." Peter answered as they were being led to their cell,

"Ain't no thing like me, except me."

Peter leaned forward to whisper in Lana's ear, "So, why didn't mommy bail you out?"

"To teach me a lesson." Lana shrugged, "Big deal, she'll bail me out in a few days if I just bat my eyelashes and say I've learned from it."

"So, this orb has a real shiny blue suitcase, Ark of the Covenant, Maltese Falcon sort of vibe. What is it?" Peter asked,

"I am Groot." Groot replied,

"So what? What's the orb?" The Terran continued to question,

"I have no words for an honorless thief." Gamora stated,

"Pretty high and mighty coming from the lackey of a genocidal maniac." Rocket hissed at her and Gamora narrowed her eyes at the talking rodent, "Yeah, I know who you are. Anyone who's anyone knows who you are." Rocket stated,

"Yeah, we know who you are." Peter leaned towards Taulana, "Who is she?"

"I am Groot." Groot replied and Peter turned towards the giant tree,

"Yeah, you said that already. I was kinda asking the pretty one." Peter said, causing Taulana to blush,

"She's the daughter of a tyrant." Lana whispered,

"I wasn't retrieving the orb for Ronan, I was betraying him." Gamora said when the group stopped again, "I had an agreement to sell it to a third party."

"I am Groot." He repeated,

"Well, that's just as fascinating as the first eighty-nine times you told me that. What is wrong with Giving Tree, here?"

"Well, he don't know talking good like me and you. So his vocabulistics is limited to "l" and "am" and "Groot." Exclusively in that order." Rocket answered,

"Well I tell you what, that's gonna wear real thin, real fast. If I..." Suddenly Peter noticed one of the prison guards playing with his Walkman, "Hey. Put that away." Peter stepped into the room and Taulana slipped in before the door shut, "You son of a... Hey! Listen to me, you big blue bastard. Take those headphones off. That's mine, those belong to impound. That tape and that player is mine! "

The prison guard poked Peter with his stun-rod and zapped him with electric shock before Peter fell to his knees, "Hooked on a Feeling, Blue Swede, 1973. That song belongs to me!"

Rocket looked over at her, "Don't get involved, Space Princess."

"Watch it, Mughead!" Taulana kicked the guard in the face and he poked her with his stun-rod. She fell next to Peter as he stunned her again. The door soon opened and the two were dragged out.

Gamora and Taulana were brought into a separate room and cleansed with an orange, burning liquid, "Ugh, that rat owes me." She growled.

Rocket always gets them in these situations. If she had a unit for the amount of times she's been sent to prison as a 'lesson' from her mother and Rocket has helped her escape, she'd be rich.

Once they were dressed in the prison gear, they were taken to where the other prisoners were.

"This'll be fun." Lana commented as she stepped inside, looking at the crowd.

She wondered how long she'd be in this place.